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...pitch I had been getting Bell out with before." Bell fell away from the ball, swinging as he stepped back. He struck it on a looping arc toward the right-field foul pole, 257 ft. away. The ball landed low and inches fair for a home run, the shortest (by 40 ft.) possible homer in any National League park. Though Maglie lost his chance at Hubbell's record, by an inning and a third, the Giants won, 3-1. Maglie's record...
Doing its bit to make servicemen in Korea security-conscious, the armed forces radio in Japan broadcast the first results of a new slogan contest. One of the shortest slogans, contributed by Major General Walter Weible of the Logistical Command: "Shut up." Another from Sergeant First Class Robert Newcomer: "The two best relatives what am-Anti-Rumor and Uncle...
...weeks the U.S. command in Korea has faced a crucial choice between two plans of battle. One was to withdraw to the shortest possible defense perimeter immediately surrounding Pusan and build up within it for a counterthrust. A shorter perimeter could have been more easily held by fewer troops, giving battle-weary G.I.s a chance to rest up in the rear...
...Shortest Possible Time." Meanwhile, on the Americans' right flank, the invigorated South Korean army was fighting valiantly (see below), but its units also fell back when the U.S. withdrawal exposed their left flank...
...week's end, Douglas MacArthur promised victory "in the shortest possible time." Earlier in the week, after the savage Red reaction to the U.S. tank attack, he had severely criticized press accounts of the battle, especially the exaggerated reports of U.S. casualties (see PRESS). He said: "Total American losses to the present time are less than 500, amounting to 42 killed, 190 wounded and 246 missing.-. . . American ground units in Korea are fighting one of the most skillful and heroic holding and rearguard actions in history. Their excellent peacetime training is reflected in the excellent combat record they...